Evaporative dense water formation and cross-shelf exchange over the northwest Australian inner shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Shearman, R Kipp ^a   Brink, Kenneth H ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; AUSTRALIA; BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY FLUXES; COASTAL OCEAN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CROSS-SHELF EXCHANGE; DENSE WATERS; EDDY STRUCTURES; FRESHWATER FLUXES; HIGH-RESOLUTION SURVEY; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; PARAMETERIZATIONS; RETURN FLOW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

STREAM FLOW;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY FORCING; COASTAL WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENSE WATER; EVAPORATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954517639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005931     Document Type: Article

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